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Description: | Bowl, deep hemispherical bowl with foot ring. Decorated with delicate florals, figure frieze - festival procession etc., patterns, inside florals and butterflies. Polychrome with much gilding including bands and dots. Made for the Prince of Sabuma and given by the Prince to the Tukugawa Shogun who regarded it as one of his most treasured possessions. The bowl was broken at or just before the Revolution of 1867 which overthrew the Shogunate and restored the rule of the Emperor. It was repaired by the master potter Yukiguro at Tokyo, the cracks have been infilled with gilding. Japanese c1800.
Material: earthenware | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.decorativeart&design.2752 | Go to resource |
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